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WeLocate Estate Agents in Bury, North West are celebrating their 1-year anniversary since opening their offices on Manchester Road in Bury. Starting out with just Directors Phill Prince & David Warburton in August 2016 they have seen a rapid growth in instructions and sales and now have 12 members of staff covering the whole of the Bury Borough and even further afield across North Manchester, Bolton & Trafford.
WeLocate are a hybrid estate agent who combine a high level of customer service and marketing with a low fixed fee of just £999 to sell a property. They work on a no sale no fee basis and do not have a contract tie in period, have out of hours contact numbers, setting them apart from both traditional high street estate agents and also newer online only agents. Add this to the partnerships they have with local solicitors and they provide a full estate agency service under one roof.
Director David Warburton says: “Working in corporate estate agency for many years and gradually, coming out of the recession, the market was changing. People were becoming very fee orientated and nobody was visiting the offices anymore. The choice seemed to be between either getting good service with good marketing and paying 1.25-2.5% or paying low fees and receiving sub-standard service and photographs which means houses would sell for less money. The plan was to move the office off the high street, reduce the overheads, deliver great marketing, great service and cheap fees – and so far the strategy proved right. Office manager Pauline Blackmore and the team have sold over 150 properties in 2017. 100% 5 star Trustpilot score has been achieved within 12 months with pretty much every review commenting on the service levels received.
Many agents will simply charge what they can get away with, proven by the fact that they will reduce their fee if pressed. The promise of ‘buyers waiting’ can sway vendors but this is usually a myth. The truth is, the internet has changed the way the industry works and most agents will have some sort of buyer register from previous listings. The reality is that the property will be seen on the likes of Rightmove & Zoopla first, so the buyer will find the agent and not the other way around, if listed appropriately – right price, great photos, detailed floor plan and highlighting the property’s salient points – the property has a great chance of selling irrespective of the agent name or location – buyers do not care who or where the agent is – as long as they have the house that they are looking for, they will phone or email for a viewing.
Selling a property CAN and SHOULD be done for a FAIR fixed fee, why should one person pay more than another to sell a house? Transparency is key in this day and age. For more information go to http://www.we-locate.co.uk
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